Sandvika is the administrative center of the community of Baerum. According to official documents here live approximately 113 000 people. However the total population for Baerum community is 116 000, which makes the count for Sandvika pretty hard to understand. Sandvika obtained status as a city in 2003 and is located about 9,5 miles from the capital – Oslo itself.

This picture is taken just about in the center of the city with business blocks to your left and modern apartment buildings to your right.Snur vi oss i motsatt retning, ser vi en annen type boligblokker samt noe av fuglelivet i byen. Legg merke til at det finnes hekkende svaner på den lille knatten i bakgrunnen!

If we turn around in the opposite direction, we may se other apartment buildings and also catch some of the bird life in this city. Observe that there are nesting swans on that small island in the back of the picture.Nærmest bykjernen finner vi moderne leiligheter –
Closest to the city centre we find modern apartments –

Along the banks of the river we find many of the original builings from Sandvikas earlier time. It’s kind of hard to imagine that a modern city society is less than a hundred yard away?Sandvikselven flyter stille forbi husveggene og ingen ville tro at dette er en av landets beste lakseelver, men det er det faktisk!

Sandvika River floats slowly past the houses, and no one would cats on to the idea that this is one of the best solomon rivers in Norway, but that’s a fact!Vi følger elven i retning mot ‘Oslofjorden’ –
We are following the Sandviken River in the direction of the ‘Oslofjord’-Men for å kunne vise dere litt mer av selve Sandvika, tar vi en liten avstikker inn i parken rundt Rådhuset –

Buit in order to show you a bit more of Sandvika, we take a small detour into the park surrounding the City Hall –

Her har vi et bilde av selve ‘Rådhuset’ i Sandvika.
Here is a picture of the ‘City Hall’ in Sandvika.

Men kanskje burde jeg vise dere selve ‘hjertet i byen’? Da må vi gå denne veien –
But perhaps I ought to show you ‘the heart of the city’ itself?

Her befinner vi oss på Torvet og til høyre ligger inngangen til Jernbanestasjonen –
Now we are just above the market place and to the right the entrance to the Railway Station –På den andre siden av jernbanelinjen ligger centralstasjonen for busser.
Just across the track lies the Central Station for Busses.Langs elven bygges det stadig flere moderne forretningsbygg –Along the river new modern business buildings are erected –Og den nye ‘kommunegården’ er intet unntak!
And the new municipal building is no exeption –Langs elven har det også blitt plass til en ‘elvepark’ –
Along the river there has also been built a ‘River Park’Et yndet sted hele sommeren igjennom –
A cherished place through the summer –På den andre siden av elva finner vi igjen moderne apartementshus –
On the other side of the river we again we find modern apartment buildings –Og vi finner et av landets største butikksentere med hele 190 forskjellige butikker!
And we find one of the largest shopping cetres in the country with about 190 different stores!Her står vi ved hovedinngangen
Here we are standing by the main entranceHerfra går det også en gangbro over elven og direkte ned i byen –
From here here is also a footbridge across the river and directly into the city center.Vi skal imidlertid en rask tur opp på taket for å skaffe oss noen oversiktsbilder over Sandvika. Her ser vi hvordan jernbanelinjen skjærer igjennom byen –

Thjis is a picture with a ‘history’: At the bottom: Modern apartment buildings. Top right: The building with a tower is the old hospital that has served this population for more than 60 years, and to your top left (red brick building) is the new modern ‘Baerum Hospital’Et bilde fra et nærliggende boligstrøk i åssiden bak byen.
A picture from a residental area in a hill side just back of the city.

‘Kadettangen’ is the place where everybody is swimming through the summer, but it’s also the gateway to ‘Kalvøya’ renowned for all its great music festivals up through the years.Skal du på Festival på Kalvøya? Da er dette brua du må krysse!
Are you going to the ‘Kalvøya Festival’? Then this is the bridge you have to cross.